Study team reveals three glacial lakes in Namkha

Adanchuli (Humla): A study team that had reached Humla to find out the reasons behind the flood and landslide that occurred at Tilgaun in Namkha rural municipality-6 has concluded that there are three glacial lakes in Namkha.

The landslide and flood occurred in Tilgaun on May 15. The three-member team, led by a senior division geologist at the Department of Mines and Geology, Shiva Kumar Baskota, concluded that there are three glacial lakes at a height of 5,350 metres.

The study team comprised–senior divisional engineer of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, Sushil Kumar Shrestha, a senior divisional geologist of the Department of Mines and Geology, Shiva Kumar Baskota and a hydrologist of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Sauhadra Joshi.

They reached the incident site on Sunday morning, where they found three glacial lakes, added Baskota. Earlier, the locals who reached the incident site after the flood and landslide had been saying that there were two glacial lakes.

The flood and landslide occurred all of a sudden on the night of May 15, causing massive damage at Tilgaun. A total of 18 families were displaced due to the flood. As per the preliminary study, water leaked from two glacial lakes had taken the form of a flood.

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